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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemTap SystemTap From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article or section contains information about computer software currently in development, based on publicly available builds made available for testing. Information about it may change as the final release approaches and more information becomes available. SystemTap Developer(s) Various Initial release 2005 Stable release 0.9.8 / 2009-06-11; 52 days ago Written in C++, custom scripting Operating system Linux Type Tracing License GNU General Public License Website http://sourceware.org/systemtap/ SystemTap consists of software that provides a command line interface and scripting language for analyzing a running Linux kernel, similar in concept to DTrace found in Solaris operating system and other systems. Data may be extracted, filtered, and summarized quickly and safely to enable diagnosis of complex performance or functional problems. SystemTap is an open source project with contributors from Red Hat, IBM, Intel, Hitachi, Oracle and other community members. Contents [hide] 1 See also 2 External links 2.1 Papers 2.2 Presentations [edit] See also Free software portal Strace DTrace LTTng [edit] External links SystemTap Homepage SystemTap Wiki SystemTap Language Reference (PDF) [edit] Papers Frank Ch. Eigler, Systemtap tutorial Don Domingo, William Cohen, SystemTap Beginner's Guide Frank Ch. Eigler, Problem Solving With Systemtap, Ottawa Linux Symposium 2006 [edit] Presentations Eugene Teo, Problem Solving with SystemTap, presented at the Red Hat Summit 2007 (scripts) Joshua Stone, Dynamic Tracing and Performance Analysis Using SystemTap, presented at the LinuxWorld Conference 2008 Jim Keniston, SystemTap Tutorial, presented at the Linux Plumbers Conference 2008